FCW talked with FedRAMP evangelist Ashley Mahan about her role in helping agencies adopt cloud technology.
Source: What agencies are asking about FedRAMP | Mark Rockwell | FCW
As director of the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, Goodrich is at the bustling, bureaucratic center of the federal government’s cloud market.
Source: What really goes on inside the FedRAMP office | Zach Noble | FCW
Two federal contracting groups want changes to the selection criteria in the Defense Department’s upcoming $17.5 billion multiple award IT contract.
The IT Alliance for Public Sector and the Professional Services Council aired their concerns in a letter dated April 22 to Defense Undersecretary for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Frank Kendall, objecting to the use of the “lowest price technically acceptable” (LPTA) standard in source selection in the ENCORE III multiple award contract.
The $3.1 billion revolving IT fund proposed by the White House would jump-start the projects most in need of funding and would not preclude other investments, federal CIO Tony Scott said.
Source: Federal CIO: IT fund would shake up appropriations process | Sean Lyngaas | FCW
GSA has given vendors a heads-up on the next steps for its $50 billion EIS telecom contract and the Alliant RFPs.
Source: GSA sets summer expectations for EIS, Alliant 2 | Mark Rockwell | FCW
With the majority of agency FITARA implementation plans approved and posted, the federal CIO said the process of reimagining federal IT management has gone more smoothly than expected.
Source: CIO Scott surprised by crisp pace of FITARA implementation | Mark Rockwell | FCW
More than 40 companies have used GSA’s new fast-track process to get a spot on the agency’s massive multiple-award IT contract.
Source: Vendors are moving briskly in GSA’s FASt Lane trial | Mark Rockwell | FCW
Rep. Will Hurd told FCW that the notion that “if you don’t spend it, you lose it [is] the wrong kind of incentive to have in purchasing IT goods and services.”
Source: Hurd warns against rigid IT budgeting | Sean Lyngaas | FCW
House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) will introduce legislation supporting an Obama administration plan to appropriate $3.1 billion for a capital fund to modernize outdated federal IT systems.
SourceWhite House offers details on $3.1B IT modernization plan | Sean Lyngaas | FCW